Read Spanish translation belowBOGOTÁ, July 11, 2018 - Work, effort and dedication continue to give gold medals to the Race Roller Skating Colombian National Team, the most honoured in the history of this sport. The story began with the title of Claudia Ruiz, the 19-year-old who was awarded the first gold medal in 1990, in the 300m CRI during the World Cup that took place at the Tulio Ospina Stadium in Bello, Antioquia, Colombia. At that time, she registered 27 seconds and 767 hundredths and was followed by Guillermo León Botero and Luz Mery Tristán in second and third place respectively. Since then, the successes have come in lots. So far there are, 16 world titles, nine of which has been won consecutively under Elias del Valle as coach, who work along with Iván Vargas and Juan Carlos Baena. The other titles were won by Bill Beeg and José Luis Múnera.

Iron skatersThese athletes simply breathe skating. They live their lives between tournaments, podiums and medals, hotels, airports and airplanes, and although they get tired like any human being, they seem used to it. For this opportunity, they have been away from home for more than three months. They began preparing for the South American Games in Cochabamba 2018, they then shifted their attention to the World Cup in Holland and now they will be preparing for the Central American and Caribbean Games, Barranquilla 2018. Others are preparing for the Youth Olympic Games, some more will be at the Pan American Games in Monterrey, Mexico, qualifier event for Lima 2019 and the rest will continue with the national scoring tournaments to be part of the Colombia 2019 Team.

Holland World Cup 2018In this 2018, Colombia have received 20 gold medals, 15 silver and 9 bronze, and now the country has registered a total of 333 gold medals in its history. In addition, Gabriela Rueda and Jhonny Angulo qualified for the Youth Olympic Games, Buenos Aires 2018.